Solid Waste Management in Canada - Approaches, Practices, and Experiences

This edited volume takes a comprehensive look at solid waste management across jurisdictions in Canada, including provinces, territories, municipalities and Indigenous communities.

List of contents

About the Editors. List of Contributors. Acknowledgements. Introduction. PART 1: WASTE MANAGEMENT POLICY AND GOVERNANCE. 1. Moving Up the Waste Hierarchy: A Canadian Case Study. 2. Municipal Strategies for Zero Waste Planning. 3. Challenges and Opportunities for Industrial, Commercial and Institutional (IC&I) Waste Compliance in Nova Scotia. 4. Bridging the Gap: Communicating Sustainability in Waste Management to Diverse Audiences. PART 2: WASTE MANAGEMENT IN NORTHERN, REMOTE, RURAL, AND INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES. 5. Waste Stewardship in Northern, Remote, Rural and First Nations Communities in Saskatchewan - Challenges and Opportunities. 6. Municipal Solid Waste Management in Northern Manitoba Municipalities. 7. Municipal Solid Waste Management in First Nations: Examining Operational Challenges and Solutions. PART 3: COMMUNITY-BASED WASTE MANAGEMENT APPROACHES. 8. Contribution of Waste Pickers' Grassroots Organizations to Waste Management in Victoria and Vancouver. 9. Recycling Right: A Multi-stakeholder Perspective from Ontario. 10. Recycling Behaviours and Knowledge in Western Newfoundland: Explanations and Recommendations. PART 4: LANDFILLS AND INNOVATIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT. 11. Field Investigation and Numerical Modelling of MSW Settlement in Cold Regions. 12. Landfill Biocell Technology for Northern Climates: The Calgary Biocell. 13. Composting As a Promising Alternative for Phosphorus Recovery from Food Waste: A Case Study of Canadian Solid Waste Management Practices. 14. Analyzing Geospatial Characteristics and Solar Potential of Closed Landfill Sites in Saskatchewan. PART 5: EMERGING WASTE MANAGEMENT. 15. Emerging solid wastes and arising environmental impacts. 16. Wind turbine end-of-life waste management in Nova Scotia, Canada. 17. Enhancing waste management systems in Canada: Integration of Geographic Information System and Remote Sensing Approaches. Index.

About the author

Anderson Assuah is an associate professor in the Aboriginal and Northern Studies program at the University College of the North (The Pas Campus), Manitoba, Canada.
Kelvin Tsun Wai Ng is Professor of Environmental Systems Engineering at the University of Regina, Canada.

Product details

• Authors: Anderson Ng Assuah, Anderson Tsun Wai Ng Assuah
• Assisted by: Anderson Assuah (Editor), Kelvin Tsun Wai Ng (Editor), Kelvin Tsun Wai Ng (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 13.06.2025
• EAN: 9781032872094
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3287209-4
• No. of pages: 268
• Series: Routledge Critical Discard Studies
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Environmental / Waste Management, Anthropology, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Production & Operations Management, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Facility Management, Environmental Economics, Environmental factors, Urban & municipal planning, Pollution & threats to the environment, Environmental Management, Waste Management, Hydrology & the hydrosphere, Engineering: general, Alternative & renewable energy sources & technology, Pollution control, Environmental policy & protocols, Development Studies, Urban and municipal planning and policy, Pollution and threats to the environment, Alternative and renewable energy sources and technology, Business and the environment; ‘green’ approaches to business, Business & the environment, 'Green' approaches to business, Environmental policy and protocols, Hydrology and the hydrosphere, Hydraulic Engineering